Recently Funded Startups in Riyadh
Updated Sep 2026
FundedIQ tracks 181 funded startups in Riyadh, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Riyadh, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Startups in Riyadh closed 125 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 66 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $5.7B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $4.7M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.5M and $24M.
Financial Services and Artificial Intelligence lead this market. Early stage labels dominate the mix. Local venture capital firms drive the activity, creating a concentrated pool of capital. This concentration means a few key partners control access to the most active founders. Success here depends on knowing which specific firms hold the most influence over these early rounds.
Riyadh funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Aug 2026. Investors appearing most often across Riyadh funding rounds: 500 Global, Oqal.
100 most recently funded startups in Riyadh
100 of 181Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Riyadh startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Riyadh closed 125 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 66 of them in the last 12, adding up to $5.7B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $4.7M, with the middle half running from $1.5M to $24M. 103 of 125 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 31. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Riyadh
Sector counts across all 181 tracked companies in Riyadh. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Funding stages in Riyadh
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Riyadh break down by stage.
A further 38 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Riyadh startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 181 funded startups in Riyadh currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (22 of 125 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Riyadh is dated Aug 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Riyadh?
FundedIQ tracks 181 funded startups in Riyadh. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Riyadh raised?
Startups in Riyadh tracked by FundedIQ have raised $5.7B in disclosed capital across 125 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 66 rounds in the last 12 months. 103 of those 125 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Riyadh?
Financial Services has the most, with 31 companies, followed by Artificial Intelligence (29), Commerce and Shopping (15) and Real Estate (13). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Riyadh?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $4.7M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.5M and $24M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Riyadh?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 43 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (25) and Series A (13). A further 38 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Riyadh startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Riyadh is dated Aug 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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